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Tag: issue_178

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Monsters and Mistletoe

The (Free) Spirit of Christmas

With blood pressures rising like a stormy sea, tempers flaring at a pin drop and once-cheerful moods dampened by months of frozen slush ...
By Nathan Meunier Legacy AuthorDecember 2, 2008
Monsters and Mistletoe

The Family Gathering Survival Kit

The first family holiday gathering took place on Thanksgiving Day in 11,292 B.C. Og and Sush, a young couple from the West Stonelands, ...
By Colin Rowsell Legacy AuthorDecember 2, 2008
Monsters and Mistletoe

The Game of Giving

Videogames can explore a wide range of emotions. Fear and aggression are the usual experiences, but moments of regret, concern and even sadness ...
By L.B. Jeffries Legacy AuthorDecember 2, 2008
Monsters and Mistletoe

The (Slightly More Than) Twelve Games of Christmas

It was Christmas Eve and I’d just killed a man. And then another. And another. Next to my TV, a bauble hung from ...
By Chris LaVigne Legacy AuthorDecember 2, 2008
Editor's Note

Monsters and Mistletoe

Growing up, Christmas meant one thing: another year without a Nintendo. It didn’t matter how good my grades were. It didn’t matter how ...
By Jordan Deam Legacy AuthorDecember 2, 2008
Letters to the Editor

Monsters and Mistletoe

In response to “The Vintage Game Preservation Society” from The Escapist Forum:Steam’s release of the X-COM series potentially sounds the death knell for ...
By The Escapist Staff Legacy AuthorDecember 2, 2008
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